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25. Amendments to Schedule 3 of Principal Act.

(1) Schedule 3 of the Principal Act is amended in Part 1 (amended by section 19(a) of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009) by -

(a) inserting the following definition:

" ‘civil partner’ means each civil partner of a couple who are civil partners of the same civil partnership and who are living together;",

and

(b) substituting the following for the definition of "spouse":

" ‘spouse’ means each person of a married couple who are living together.".

(2) Schedule 3 of the Principal Act is amended in Part 2 (amended by section 19(b) of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009) by substituting the following Rule for Rule 2(1):

"2.